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West Lothian
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates10,801Searchable applications
251Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,250 approved or refused records
939Refused applications
8,311 approved · 939 refused · 691 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2014 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning & Building StandardsLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP 1)Pre-application advice Pre-Application EnquiryConservation areas Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Scheduled Monuments
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriescustomer.service@westlothian.gov.ukCouncil source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Decided0414/A/24
Display of 5 non-illuminated pole mounted signs
2 - 6 Regent Centre Blackness Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HU
Received 31 May 2024 - Decided0415/A/24
Display of 1 illuminated totem sign and 2 non-illuminated pole mounted signs
Tesco Stores Ltd 4 Blackburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2ES
Received 31 May 2024 - Decided0416/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed external paint works
Tesco Stores Ltd 4 Blackburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2ES
Received 31 May 2024 - Decided0417/H/24
Formation of driveway and erection of 1.8 metre high timber fence
13 Stevenson Court Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5NW
Received 31 May 2024 - Decided0418/PO/24
Application for the discharge of planning obligation relating to planning permission 1013/FUL/02
Braeside Cottage Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LD
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decided0419/H/24
Extension to house
23 Primrose Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6RN
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decided0420/FUL/24
Change of use from industrial (Class 5) to dance studio (Class 11)
22A And 22B Carmondean Centre South Carmondean Livingston West Lothian EH54 8TD
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decided0421/H/24
Two storey extension with hipped roof
2 Cousland Crescent Seafield West Lothian EH47 7AU
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decided0422/H/24
Installation of solar panels
10 Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decided0423/FUL/24
Change of use from industrial (Class 5) to a gym (Class 11)
24B Carmondean Centre South Carmondean Livingston West Lothian EH54 8TD
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decided0424/TPO/24
Felling of 2 trees
12 Caroline Gardens Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0SX
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decided0426/H/24
Installation of a 7.32m high ground mounted radio antenna and two (4.05m high and 2.7m high) roof-mounted radio antennas
6 Livingston Crescent Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6FX
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decided0427/FUL/24
Demolition of cottage and erection of replacement house
South Logiebrae Cottage Westfield West Lothian EH48 3DG
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decided0428/P/24
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a house (renewal of 1053/P/21)
Land To East Of 57 Main Street Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8BY
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decided0430/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed UPVC conservatory
15 Wellview Lane Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HU
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decided0431/H/24
Front and rear extensions to house
32D Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AR
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decided0432/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed partial conversion of garage to create a wet room
96 Hope Park Gardens Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2QX
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided0433/PAC/24
Proposal of application notice for a battery energy storage system (49.9 MW) with associated works
Land At Middlerigg Bathgate EH48 2HH
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided0434/TCA/24
Crown lifting and thinning of 1 Beech tree and crown thinning of 1 Sycamore tree
Clarendon Lodge 32 Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AR
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided0436/EIA/24
EIA screening opinion for a battery energy storage system (49.9 MW) with associated works
Land At Middlerigg Bathgate EH48 2HH
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided0440/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed roof-mounted photovoltaic installation
Bannatynes Health Club Charlesfield Road Kirkton Livingston West Lothian EH54 9FD
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decided0441/FUL/24
Erection of a house with associated works
Plot 10 Race Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2AW
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decided0442/MSC/24
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0524/P/09 for the erection of a house (substitution of house type on plot 1 from Point 183E to Perfect 124E as a variation to approval 0444/MSC/19
Area OSf 2 Cameron Gardens Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0UB
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decided0443/A/24
Display of 1 non-illuminated pole mounted sign (in retrospect)
Land South Of Area CWf (B7015) Calderwood East Calder West Lothian
Received 11 Jun 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Lothian, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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